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a few pics from a great show...
Things started late as there
was a rather large crowd awaiting entry to the venue. As a treat, Ronan Harris
arrived by Cab with a friend in front with a Digital Camcorder & got a long
panning shot of the charged fans in the line-up that went down the side street
and beyond the tourbus! I believe delayed stage setup had the crowd in late.
Icon of Coil(link coming) opened and had to shorten their Set due to time
constraints(again due to tear down & travel to the next night's show in
Montréal, Que.
A very short break between
bands & the lights went out and VNV's new Stageshow started. Samples,
Synths & 2 large projection screens showed harmful chemical & global
issues & VNV Logos. Ronan arrived to cheers from the audience. Many were
from out-of-town(Mich, NY & Que), and the usual glum Toronto Audience was
energetic giving back to the performers. "Hands in the Air" &
Clapping in unison are not typical Toronto alt-show ocurrences. Lead Vocals
were clear as the singer paraded to either side of the Stage area. Ronan set up
residence in Toronto years ago then left in 1996 so it was sort of a homecoming
show for him. I was glad there was such a good audience response to welcome
him.
The Set was long for a typical
EBM band set but, they do have a 6-year repetoire now. I had heard that the
previous evening's Chicago Show went very late. A brief banter with audience
members brought on 2(or possibly 3) encores. I guess Ronan was not thinking of
getting on the overnight bus at that point. To compliment, Mark was on
percussion on a small platform(& electronic keyboard upfront for the last
tunes). Their message was simple: Enjoy yourself at the Party regardless of the
other people might have to say. They performed Dark Angel near the end.
Their last show in Toronto was in Oct.2000 where they had a few technical
snags.
An overall fun event as most
euro-acts exude that more than the more pessimistic North American artists.
Next up fof VNV, "Beloved" has been chosen as the second single and
will be out on January 7th, 2002. Their delayed 11 track CD
"Futureperfect" has been set for January 28th, 2002 on Dependent
Records(Germany) & Metropolis Records Stateside on Jan.08 & Jan.29
respectively.
I do have a short video clip of them performing
their current single 'Genesis' live & will be posted soon.
- Victory not Vengeance -
North American Fall 2001 Tour dates:
Nov. 16 Chicago, IL The Vic
Nov. 17 Toronto, ONT Opera House
Nov. 22 New York City, NY Limelight
Nov. 24 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Nov. 25 Washington, DC Nation
Nov. 28 New Orleans, LA Shim Sham Club
Dec. 5 Hollywood, CA The Palace
Dec. 6 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
Dec. 9 Vancouver, BC The Rage
Dec. 11 Edmonton, Alta New City Suburbs
Note:
low-res Pics derive from a SONY CyberShot DSC-S75 camera. Each image came
from a 1280x1024 original and were lossy reduced. Originals are better
quality. These Images look smaller than they actually are. Click on
image to see full size.
references:
H¥PHEN.01 Studios
hyphenone@canada.com
Web Links: VNV Nation Homepage
VNV Nation (German)
Homepage
Dependent Records
Homepage
old H¥PHEN.01 Homepage
H¥PHEN.01 Works List
Photo Images ©2001 H¥PHEN.01 Studios. reproduction prohibited
without permission.
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